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The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged upto \(100 \mathrm{~V}\). A \(2 \mathrm{~mm}\) thick insulator sheet is inserted between the plates. Then to maintain the same potential difference, the distance between the plates is increased by \(1.6 \mathrm{~mm}\). The dielectric constant of the insulator is

  1. A 6
  2. B 8
  3. C 5
  4. D 4
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(C) 5

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Potential of capacitor before inserting insulator, \[ V=\frac{\sigma d}{\varepsilon_0} \] where, \(\sigma=\) surface charge density, \(d=\) distance between plates and \(\varepsilon_0=\) permittivity of vacuum. Given, \(\frac{\sigma d}{\varepsilon_0}=100\) Now, potential after…
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